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I didn't get to catch everything, but last night I did sit through the marathon restoration of La Roue (1922) which definitely seemed like a new film to me. Gance went a little overboard and I'm amazed to think that the film was originally 8 hours long, but there are some remarkable moments and his command of montage is incredible. I hope that with some of his work being restored perhaps Gance will get his proper place in film history.

Cocteau once wrote that "There is cinema before and after La Roue as there is painting before and after Picasso." I've recorded the parts I didn't get to see. Burel, not surprisingly, served as one of the cinematographers, as was the case with J'Accuse.

I missed the doc that was on before and was far too tired to stay up for the encore of J'Accuse but since at least that is coming soon to DVD I'll wait a little longer. I've only seen five Gance features but there is no doubt that with a few more he might become one of my all time favorites.